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General discussionRelease: <b>God of War with a 50% discount!</b>(347 posts) (347 posts) 
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Posted March 12, 2024
The moment we’ve all been waiting for – prepare to don the mantle of Kratos in the critically acclaimed masterpiece, God of War, now available DRM-free! You can get it with a -50% launch discount until March 28th, 11 PM UTC.

This time, the Ghost of Sparta ventures into the realm of Norse mythology, where gods, monsters, and legends collide. Armed with his Leviathan Axe and accompanied by his son Atreus, Kratos embarks on a profoundly personal journey, exploring the tumultuous relationship between father and son amidst the chaos of divine forces. The game’s stunning visuals, immersive storytelling, and visceral combat mechanics promise an unparalleled adventure that will leave an indelible mark on your gaming soul.

Now on GOG!

And don’t forget to tune in on our Twitch channel on Friday, March 15th, at 7 PM UTC, for a God of War staff stream with n_wolf, our Communication Specialist!
Posted March 12, 2024
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WinterSnowfall: Yes, you'd better start believing in cyberpunk dystopias, because you're in one :P.
The proper way to live in a dystopia is to defy the dystopia.
Posted March 12, 2024
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It is finally here! Thank you Santa Monica Studio, Sony, and GOG!

Please vote for other Sony games (and games in general of course) you want to see on GOG: https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games
Posted March 12, 2024
Great to see this finally release, and you know I instabought the Hel out of it! Thanks Santa Monica, PlayStation, and GOG! Hope to see more!
Posted March 12, 2024
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WinterSnowfall: Yes, you'd better start believing in cyberpunk dystopias, because you're in one :P.
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LegoDnD: The proper way to live in a dystopia is to defy the dystopia.
But... that why we're all here isn't it? :P Otherwise we'd all be sweating in a far steamier situation.
Posted March 12, 2024
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WinterSnowfall: Really? If a farmer poisons his crop, would you arrest the stall vendor?
If the shop owner knowingly did sell poisoned things, yes, obviously the stall vendor is at least an accessory. Otherwise – who knows. It seems to be that if you sell any food you are automatically a Lebensmittelunternehmen (EG) 178/2002 so then you have to make sure that every food that you sell is safe (Sorgfaltspflicht). Interestingly that even seems to apply to giving food away for free.

The thing is – selling things is not something that does not require you to follow rules. Other basic examples are warranty (Garantie/Gewährleistung in Germany) or selling electronics/batteries (you have to offer disposal).
Posted March 12, 2024
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B1tF1ghter: What screen resolution do you have?
Does the dropdown menu continue beyond the bounds of the installer window itself?
Or does it just cut off?
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erbello: 2K, scaled to 125%.
It looks like on the attached image above.
Cutted off by popup border.
Can't be scrolled down or changed by arrows.
I can only choose visible options.
Galaxy Version 2.0.73
i have had issues in the past with games and such behaving strangely as a result of my resolution/dpi settings.

for the sake of installing, one suggestion that i can offer up is to drop that scaled to number backward, setting it at 100% to get through that dialogue. then try setting it back after.
Posted March 12, 2024
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mk47at: If the shop owner knowingly did sell poisoned things, yes, obviously the stall vendor is at least an accessory. Otherwise – who knows. It seems to be that if you sell any food you are automatically a Lebensmittelunternehmen (EG) 178/2002 so then you have to make sure that every food that you sell is safe (Sorgfaltspflicht). Interestingly that even seems to apply to giving food away for free.
Fair enough. In the case of telemetry or what is generally known as stats (non-identifiable information), there's only ever the requirement to inform users of what is being collected. Again, that is usually done in the EULA.

For personal information, if any game is mad enough to collect that (some are), the operator of the service (in this case the developer/publisher NOT the seller) has to be an authorized personal data processor under EU law (and I think also US federal law) and thus adhere to certain compliance standards (FIPS/GDPR/other local laws and regulations), and the user has to again be informed but also give their consent. This also comes with other responsibilities by the, you guessed it, service operator (NOT the seller) such as to provide you access to all the personal data they are collecting on your profile and also the option to remove that data permanently (the right to be forgotten).

This makes sense in the digital world because sellers of software can sometimes be system integrators (offering a pack of many solutions, all bundled to solve a certain business need) or other third parties. It's not always the case that the sellers are the actual party providing the support and warranty for the services, they can be mere distributors, but that should also be clearly stated in the terms of purchase that a user also agrees to before the purchase.

Of course sellers have certain responsibilities as well, such as to honor money-back guarantees and provide you access to your purchased goods, but you can't pin everything on them. Retail software doesn't work like that, it never has.
Post edited March 12, 2024 by WinterSnowfall
Posted March 12, 2024
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Reaper9988: Making Games worse isn't a fine Mission to me. The road to hell is paved with good intention and all that. At least don't mess up running series. Make new ones...

...Yeah my bad, I just noticed that but afaik they still messed Kratos up quite a bit. But it's been a while.
No matter I can't in good faith buy this one(again) seeing how things have gone.
Mate, let's be real here - Sweet Baby Inc are fucking pieces of shit for multiple reasons, but making media woke doesn't actually make it worse, because quality of art isn't tied to its ideology, unless you have personal problem with it. Case in point - Dune: Part Two. I've seen nobody criticizing its wokeness despite it being there.

Now tell me how they messed up Kratos since they turned sadistic monster in actually complex and sympathetic figure? I know gameplay is inferior to originals, but that's a different thing.
Posted March 12, 2024
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erbello: 2K, scaled to 125%.
It looks like on the attached image above.
Cutted off by popup border.
Can't be scrolled down or changed by arrows.
I can only choose visible options.
Galaxy Version 2.0.73
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lostwolfe: i have had issues in the past with games and such behaving strangely as a result of my resolution/dpi settings.

for the sake of installing, one suggestion that i can offer up is to drop that scaled to number backward, setting it at 100% to get through that dialogue. then try setting it back after.
Thanks, scaling back to 100% works for me :)
Posted March 12, 2024
I̶'v̶e̶ a̶t̶t̶e̶m̶p̶t̶e̶d̶ t̶o̶ d̶o̶w̶n̶l̶o̶a̶d̶ a̶n̶d̶ i̶n̶s̶t̶a̶l̶l̶ t̶h̶e̶ g̶a̶m̶e̶ t̶w̶i̶c̶e̶ u̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ t̶h̶e̶ o̶f̶f̶l̶i̶n̶e̶ i̶n̶s̶t̶a̶l̶l̶e̶r̶s̶ f̶r̶o̶m̶ t̶h̶e̶ w̶e̶b̶s̶i̶t̶e̶ l̶i̶b̶r̶a̶r̶y̶, b̶u̶t̶ i̶t̶ d̶o̶e̶s̶n̶'t̶ s̶e̶e̶m̶ t̶o̶ w̶o̶r̶k̶. T̶h̶e̶ i̶n̶s̶t̶a̶l̶l̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ p̶r̶o̶c̶e̶s̶s̶ t̶a̶k̶e̶s̶ a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ h̶a̶l̶f̶ a̶n̶ h̶o̶u̶r̶, b̶u̶t̶ i̶t̶ n̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ s̶e̶e̶m̶s̶ t̶o̶ f̶i̶n̶i̶s̶h̶. I̶'v̶e̶ t̶r̶i̶e̶d̶ i̶n̶s̶t̶a̶l̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ i̶t̶ t̶o̶ d̶i̶f̶f̶e̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ d̶r̶i̶v̶e̶s̶, a̶n̶d̶ t̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ i̶s̶ e̶n̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ s̶p̶a̶c̶e̶ o̶n̶ t̶h̶e̶ O̶S̶ d̶r̶i̶v̶e̶ t̶o̶ e̶x̶p̶a̶n̶d̶ f̶i̶l̶e̶s̶ d̶u̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ t̶h̶e̶ i̶n̶s̶t̶a̶l̶l̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ p̶r̶o̶c̶e̶s̶s̶. E̶a̶c̶h̶ t̶i̶m̶e̶ I̶ t̶r̶y̶, f̶o̶u̶r̶ S̶e̶t̶u̶p̶ p̶r̶o̶c̶e̶s̶s̶e̶s̶ a̶r̶e̶ s̶p̶a̶w̶n̶e̶d̶ a̶c̶c̶o̶r̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ t̶o̶ K̶i̶l̶l̶s̶w̶i̶t̶c̶h̶ a̶n̶d̶ T̶a̶s̶k̶ M̶a̶n̶a̶g̶e̶r̶. M̶y̶ s̶e̶c̶u̶r̶i̶t̶y̶ s̶o̶f̶t̶w̶a̶r̶e̶ d̶o̶e̶s̶n̶'t̶ b̶l̶o̶c̶k̶ a̶n̶y̶ c̶o̶m̶p̶o̶n̶e̶n̶t̶s̶, a̶n̶d̶ m̶y̶ v̶i̶r̶u̶s̶ s̶c̶a̶n̶n̶e̶r̶ r̶e̶m̶a̶i̶n̶s̶ i̶d̶l̶e̶.

I̶s̶ a̶n̶y̶o̶n̶e̶ e̶l̶s̶e̶ f̶a̶c̶i̶n̶g̶ t̶h̶e̶ s̶a̶m̶e̶ o̶r̶ a̶ s̶i̶m̶i̶l̶a̶r̶ p̶r̶o̶b̶l̶e̶m̶?̶

The problem seems to have solved itself, after my third attempt to install the game, and waiting for nearly 45 minutes for the setup process to complete.
Post edited March 12, 2024 by Mori_Yuki
Posted March 12, 2024
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B1tF1ghter: What screen resolution do you have?
Does the dropdown menu continue beyond the bounds of the installer window itself?
Or does it just cut off?
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erbello: 2K
I don't really know what you mean. There's SEVERAL resolutions commonly referred to as 2k ( these below are just EXAMPLES, there's more ) :
1920 x 1080
1920 x 1200
2048 x 1152
1440p ( I personally wouldn't call this 2k ).
It's best to just give exact pixel dimensions :P

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erbello: scaled to 125%
Try to disable resolution scaling for the installer exe, under right click, somewhere in properties.
( Im not on Windows right now, I don't remember how exactly the option is called )

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mk47at: Don't agree here. The seller has a responsibility for the things that are sold – digitally or not.
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Hirako__: I don't agree with you either. Everyone has responsibilities - you have too. But do you have responsibility to take care of my kids(that I dont have)?
WHAT ARE YOU ON ABOUT ?!

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Hirako__: Using simply the word responsibility does not mean anything.
( ... )
Other than that I don't see how that is GOG related.
You don't have to understand the laws for them to still apply.

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Hirako__: The post you quoted was on something very specific which I will right away add should be covered in the Sony EULA that is added thankfully.
1. EULAs don't override laws. ( at least in most of EU )

2. Most people don't read EULAs anyway, the relevant info should be plastered over the product card.

3. The product card's url to the EULA is a tiny text, with poor contrast ( grey-ish text on grey-ish background, whereas most of the page uses BLACK as font color ), as if to discourage an average user from even trying to see it exists. Not a very pro costumer practise if you ask me.

4. The EULAs linked are GENERIC CATCH-ALL type, NOT specific to any game in particular; also nowhere in there word "GOG" exists.
It is also written AMBIGUOUSLY, full of "MAY". It's not clear what is ACTUALLY being done!
It could be easily argued these EULAs were written for Playstation Network SPECIFICALLY.

If you go to
https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/legal/application-terms-of-use-for-pc-and-mobile/?country-selector=true
it could be argued point 4.1
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4.1. All Software is licensed, not assigned, which means you acquire rights to use the Software, as described in these Terms, but you do not acquire ownership of the Software. If you do not comply with these Terms, we can terminate your Software licence which means you will no longer have the right to use the Software.
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contradicts GOG TOS.
I'd have to dig out archives to check for sure but I'm quite sure it USED TO be that in the past GOG TOS did indeed allude to OWNING, and not "LICENSING".
GOG might have changed it - which still doesn't change anything for past purchases - as the TOS / contract is binding that was live AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE.

I'm also at least 50% certain point 6.1 contradicts some existing EU law which alludes to permission of resale of digitally obtained goods.

Also many points in that EULA don't even make common sense.
If you'd take point 5.2 ( https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/legal/application-terms-of-use-for-pc-and-mobile/?country-selector=true ) , you basically cannot stream the gameplay on Twitch for example.

And generally, these EULAs being full of "MAY, maybe", etc - if you'd take it LITERALLY it would suggest EVERY Playstation-publisher title "MAY" conduct tellemetry coverty in background.
This isn't clarity, it's ambiguous and anti-consumer.
Also pretty sure GDPR laws state things must be CLEAR to the end consumer, which here they sure as hell aren't.

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WinterSnowfall: Since when was Sony pro-consumer? :P
Irrelevant.

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B1tF1ghter: 2. Good luck doing this with every single game. Including every single hidden nested executable they might have aside from the primary one, in their respective game install directories.
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WinterSnowfall: Say what? You simply block everything by default with a prompt whenever a new application needs access.
This prompt covers one exe at a time. And doesn't cover all possible network communication. Also, that's the thing, PROMPT.
There are network communications that don't require this prompt to show up and the system will allow it to a certain extent.
For FULL block you need to go to Firewall settings yourself and setup proper rules manually.

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WinterSnowfall: It's quite easy, I've been doing it since WinXP days.
Dude, SO MUCH has changed since XP days it's not even a funny argument.

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WinterSnowfall: you'd better start believing in cyberpunk dystopias, because you're in one :P.
PERHAPS I live in dystopia, it's debatable. What isn't is that it definitely isn't a 'cyberpunk' one.
Cyberpunk dystopias have futuristic tech and various other things this worldline so far doesn't possess.

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WinterSnowfall: How is any of this "offending" if you agree to the EULA? I'm not saying I agree with telemetry of any kind, because I'm also strongly opposed to it, but that doesn't make it illegal. It simply means there's more legal loopholes publishers have to jump through for it to be there.
BECAUSE EULAs DON'T OVERRIDE LAWS! ( at least in SENSIBLE countries, good luck if you live in the USA... )
( FOR EU! ) If something contradicting an existing law is written in an EULA, then that EULA point is NOT BINDING for EU consumers.
It's that easy.
You can write whatever bs you want in EULA. It doesn't make it automatically legally binding in every country in the world.
The corpo SO FAR is not above the law in MOST civilised countries ( again, good luck if you're in USA ).

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B1tF1ghter: Then it's downright illegal by the EU laws.
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WinterSnowfall: You have to agree with the EULA to play their games, so it's not. You are given the illusion of choice, should you want to use their product on their terms or sod off.
Dog, you must be living in the USA. That or someone convinced you their logic applies in EU.
No offence. But in EU things are done differently.

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mk47at: Don't agree here. The seller has a responsibility for the things that are sold – digitally or not.
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WinterSnowfall: Really? If a farmer poisons his crop, would you arrest the stall vendor? No offense, but unless you are intimately familiar with how the retail market works, please don't use your intuition to decide who has responsibility for what. Because laws really aren't that intuitive in most cases.
If the stall vendor KNOWS about it? YES, they SHOULD be arrested and tried for being complicit in a crime.
Even if they DON'T know, they could still be arrested due to some other laws in effect - eg it's THEIR responsibility to MAKE SURE they aren't selling expired goods - they cannot just say "our employees didn't see it in time", THEY SOLD IT.
Aside from that, they sure as hell need to stop distributing it the moment they know it's poisoned.
And it could be argued GOG KNOWS about data collection, by linking the EULAs on the product cards THEY ( GOG ) control ( it's THEIR store, THEIR website that they link ON ).

( the rest of my response will be in part 2 in probably about 15 minutes, due to GOG's buggy CMS )
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B1tF1ghter: 1440p ( I personally wouldn't call this 2k ).
Sadly, that's what the normie convention settled on. 2K is 1440p and 4K is 2160p in the mainstream. Anything but taking the first number in the resolution and putting a K behind it would be too difficult to market to people who have little to no idea about IT in general.
Post edited March 12, 2024 by idbeholdME
Posted March 12, 2024
Bad time to not get paid, to my wishlist for some time more :(

Glad it finally released snd hope some other PS games arrive on GOG!
Posted March 12, 2024
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Reaper9988: Making Games worse isn't a fine Mission to me. The road to hell is paved with good intention and all that. At least don't mess up running series. Make new ones...

...Yeah my bad, I just noticed that but afaik they still messed Kratos up quite a bit. But it's been a while.
No matter I can't in good faith buy this one(again) seeing how things have gone.
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Mafwek: Mate, let's be real here - Sweet Baby Inc are fucking pieces of shit for multiple reasons, but making media woke doesn't actually make it worse, because quality of art isn't tied to its ideology, unless you have personal problem with it. Case in point - Dune: Part Two. I've seen nobody criticizing its wokeness despite it being there.
What is woke about Dune Part Two?
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Syphon72: What is woke about Dune Part Two?
It's only at the very end, but the love interest dehumanizes a tribe to the south of her own and calls them religious extremists; this wasn't at all in the book.
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